5) If you had to give away one of your dolls, who would it be?(I know, so hard!)

I didn’t see this one coming! Oh dear… but… but… well, I can’t do Julie, because she’s my first… and Grace is so pretty… and Clara has such a fun personality… but Caroline, though! AAAH! I guess Caroline, but thankfully I don’t have to 🙂 .

6) How long do you think you’ll be posting on your blog?

I don’t know, probably a while! 🙂

7) Favorite AG tuber?

I don’t really follow AG tubers much. Does MyFroggyStuff count?

8) Which one of your dolls personalities are most like yours?

Good question! Maybe Grace, except she might be more outgoing.

9) What color is the room you are in?

The walls are a grey color!

10) Favorite pet you’ve ever had?

Our current cat, Clifford. At least, as far as I can remember he’s my favorite.

11) Favorite subject in school?

As mentioned earlier, probably history, writing, or reading. 😀

That was fun!! I hope you all enjoyed, (and fantastic job if you made it through all those questions!)

7 Facts about myself (that you might not know yet):

I have several nicknames. A few of which are silly ones from friends, and aren’t really used anymore.

I really like art. I especially like drawing people. I have been enjoying painting lately, too.

I have a dollhouse-type setup in my closet. I hope to do a tour sometime!!

I love singing. If I didn’t like singing, I’d probably have to be a different person. Singing is basically part of my everyday life XD .

I tend to be the kind of person who enjoys performing for people. I sing for my church, I’m in a drama group, and a few (several?) years ago when I went to private school, there was a speech contest and I wanted to be chosen to say my speech in front of the school. (I did end up getting chosen, if you were wondering, and I think I did OK, except for the part where I forgot what to say next and didn’t seem to remember that I had brought my note cards with me!)

And yet, I am an introvert 🙂 (Well, I’m not too introverted).

Wow! It’s the last one! Well, let’s see… it’s possible you know this, but I do gymnastics! It’s a lot of fun. I’m only in level two, though, because I started pretty late. 🙂

Thank you Kiki for nominating me for this Award! I’m excited to do it!

Here are the Rules:

Thank the nominator! And give a link to their blog or blogs

Write a post about this award

Give a short bit about how/why you started your website

Give some advice for bloggers.

Nominate 15 bloggers

Tell those 15 bloggers via comment!

How/why I started this blog:

Let’s start at the very beginning (it’s a very good place to staaart!). So I had a couple dolls, and I loved crafting for them! My friend who also had dolls introduced me to My Froggy Stuff, a super great doll crafting blog. (Her crafts are AMAZING. If you haven’t checked out My Froggy Stuff, and like doll crafting, then I highly recommend you do!)

I began to use her site, and I started looking for doll crafts elsewhere as well. I believe the two main blogs I found that inspired me in my road to my own blog were American Girl Fan and Fun with AG Fan. At first I looked at their blogs for the crafts, but eventually started reading and enjoying other posts.

Somewhere along the road, I decided I wanted to start my own blog! I waited for perhaps six months (I think I wanted to wait until summer), and then started Smile and Craft AG (by then I had all four dolls)! I’m very grateful for the great examples I had to start me off on blogging, and it’s been so fun finding, reading, and following other amazing doll blogs, as well as growing my own!

Advice for other bloggers:

Oooh, this is great, because I wrote my post on blogging tips (you can find it here), but there was one thing I left out that is important to me! So here it is:

I highly recommend replying to people who comment on your blog. It feels more special and personal to have a reply to your comment. I, personally, appreciate seeing my comments replied to on other blogs. Something about it makes a blog seem so much better. Of course, maybe your blog is super big and you get a bunch of comments and have no time to reply, and that is ok (maybe just reply to readers’ questions), but if you are able to, replies are wonderful!

And I’m stopping at ten, because 15 is A LOT of people to think of (not to mention comment with the news!)! So if you would like to be nominated for this tag, let me know in the comments! 🙂

And, I believe that’s it… *goes back and checks the rules*

I hope you liked reading this award! Thanks again to Kiki for nominating me!

Welcome!

Hi there! I'm Gracie, the blogger here at Smile and Craft AG! I'm a teen Christian girl who likes writing, art, and American Girl dolls. You can learn more about me by clicking the image! Enjoy your stay!